5-fold Ministries

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*

*Web: www.2rbetter.org*

June 7, 2011


 *LEVI UPDATE - 5-FOLD MINISTRIES - JUNE 4, 2011*


 *1. Deuteronomy 33:8-11 (33:1-29) 5-FOLD: REVERSAL OF GENESIS 49! “And of
Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, Whom you
did prove at Massah, With whom you did strive at the waters of
Meribah; 9Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen
him; Neither did
he acknowledge his brethren, Nor did he know his own children: For they have
observed your word, And keep your covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob your
ordinances, and Israel your law: They shall put incense before you, And
whole burnt-offering upon your altar. 11 Bless, Jehovah, his substance, and
accept the work of his hands: Strike through the loins of them that rise up
against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again” (ASV '01).
*The above is a weighty passage indeed! Each point could make a sermon. And
contrast it with Genesis 49 and Jacob's prophecy over Simeon and Levi - and
one can only marvel at the contrast. What happened? What made the
difference? See the following.* Hallowed be your :name!*


 *2. Numbers 25:7-8 (25:6-9) 5-FOLD VINDICATED. “And when Phinehas, the son
of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up from the midst of
the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; 8 and he went after the man
of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of
Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the
children of Israel.” *This was like a Danite action by a Levite! Swiftly he
saw the blasphemy - understood its seriousness - and without hesitation
vindicated the honor of Jehovah's Name. Our 20th Century “Political
Correctness” *frowns* at such a righteous judgment on God's behalf! *Your
:kingdom come!*


 *3. Numbers 25:10-13 5-FOLD: REWARD AND REVERSAL. “And Jehovah spoke unto
Moses, saying, 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was
jealouswith my
jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my
jealousy. 12 Therefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of
peace: 13and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the
covenant of an
everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made
atonement for the children of Israel.” *So here we learn from God's own
thinking why Jacob's prophecy in Genesis 49 for Levi, and Moses word in
Deuteronomy 33, differ *so drastically*! It was because of Phinehas!
*He*caused this
*reward* and *reversal*! *Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!*


 *4. Numbers 3:38 (3:38-39) 5-FOLD: STARTED THROUGH MOSES & AARON. “And
those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting
toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the
charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that comes near shall be
put to death.” *Levi is divided up into 5 clear sections. Moses and Aaron
occupy the first 2 sections in the East - next to the Tabernacle, and behind
Judah. Gershon with Ephraim; Kohath with Reuben; and Merari with Dan. *Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!*


 *5. Numbers 10:14a; 17 (10:11-20) 5-FOLD: THE PART OF GERSHON & MERARI.
“And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of
Judahset forward according to their hosts;
17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons
of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, set forward.” * Notice that on the
“march” Judah is first, followed by Moses and Aaron; then the Tabernacle of
Boards and Curtains follow with two Levite leaders: Gershon in the West has
the curtains; Merari on the North by Dan has the boards. *And forgive us our
:debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.*


 *6. Numbers 3:29, 31 (3:27-32) 5-FOLD: KOHATH & THE FURNITURE. “The
families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle
southward. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the
candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which
they minister, and the screen, and all its service.” * Look at the wisdom of
God in this. Gershon & Merari with the Tabernacle follow Judah's 3 tribes,
so that as soon as the “cloud” stops, the Tabernacle can be set up. Then
following Reuben and his 3 tribes, Kohath has the furniture to set up under
Aaron in the raised-up Tabernacle. By the time Dan fully arrives, *all* is
in operation! * And bring us not into temptation.*


 *7. Exodus 26:26, 28 (26:26-30) 5-FOLD: THE 5 BARS! “And you shall make
bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end
to end.” *Note that the *middle bar* alone extends the entire length of the
two sides and back of the Tabernacle. This is like the “apostle” represented
by Moses; the two shorter bars at the top - represent Aaron as prophet, and
Kohath as evangelist. These two ministries are closely related. The two
bottom bars represent Gershon as pastor; and Merari as teacher, who is
located on the north. Is *this* a Thus says the Lord? No - but a friend from
the Midwest wrote a book from Fort Lauderdale which contains this as highly
suggestive. I personally like the 5 bars of the Tabernacle boards looked
over by the Levites. I leave it to you. * But deliver us from the evil one.*


 *NOTE**: *Think of Moses - a Levite as God's *sent* apostle from Midian to
Egypt, to deliver Israel from Pharaoh and his world; and next lead them
safely for 40 years through the Wilderness, commencing this ministry at 80
years of age! Joshua at this time was 40. *This* is the middle bar of the 5
- on the sides of the Tabernacle.


 Think of Aaron as Moses spokesman to Pharaoh, set by God as His prophet to
assist Moses, just as Silas assisted Paul. Think of Kohath, the one assigned
by God under Aaron to carry the Tabernacle furniture - *after* Aaron and his
sons have covered each article. Uzzah was struck dead for touching the ark
when oxen stumbled, because David hadn't carefully read that Aaron was to
see that the ark was *carried* on Levitical shoulders! not set on an ox-cart
as the Philistines had done! This could be the evangelist.


 Then Gershon & Merari with the curtains and boards - *not* unimportant -
but not thought of quite so highly - represent the pastor and teacher.


 Ephesians 4:11-12 set forth the 5-fold ministry in the NT, encompassing
these 5 offices. Just as the spiritual chiropractor spiritually adjusts the
members of the body of Christ for ministry - so these 5 adjust (ka-tarTIz*o*)
the 33 spiritual vertebrae - so that Christ - Head of His spiritual body -
can by the Spirit through the spinal cord, perfectly signal any part of His
body.


 So many Americans have serious spinal back problems - up to 50 million
according to some statistics. But God's *spiritual* equippers in Ephesians
4:11-12 - are commissioned by Christ to adjust, perfect and equip
*every*member of His body - that
*all* are perfectly moving under His coordination!


 The above will cause some to put on their “thinking-caps!” My father used
to say - “Put *that* into your pipe and smoke it!” Not too spiritual, but he
*did* get across his point. He came to the Lord following those earlier
years. J.A.Watt


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